Improvement in device for soldering eaves-troughs



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Letters .Patent No. 98,835, dated January 18, 1870.(

IMPROVEMENT 1N DEVICE FOR soLDE'RING EAvEs-TROUGHS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the same.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Asinn, of Ada, in the county of Hardin, and State of Ohio, haveV invented certain Improvements in Machines for Soldering Eaves- Trough, ot' which the. following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

My invention consists in the combination of a half cylinder of wood, fastened to a base of wood, by hinges and internal springs, operated by a horizontal wedgebar of wood, and a set of semicircular clamps, one end of which is provided with hinges, and the other insei-ted into a horizontal iron bar; the object ofthe iuvention being to facilitate the operation of soldering i together sheets of tiu that have been previously prepared, for the formation of eaves-trough.

Description of the Drawings.

Figure 1 is a top view of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a side `view of the same machine.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, showing the intei-nal construction` of the invention.

Figure 4 isa transverse section.

Figure 5 is a view of a selnicircular clamp.

The front side ofthe hase f has notches, k, cut in the projection, in which the clamps m rest, when pressed upon the sheets oftiu n.

lhe clampsmare made of straps of sheet-iron, or other suitable material, each one being bent in the form .f a selnicircle, and provided with a hinge, 0, having a shoulder at its upper end, which is riveted to one end ofthe sheet-iron strap, and a screw, l, provided with a nut, riveted to the other. l

The hinged endo is fastened to the under side of the base j, at the rear, the shoulder of the hinge o tting over the roll formed on one edge of the sheet of tin 11, the screw-end L being run through a horizontal iron bar, q, and, fastened there by the nut.

The iron bar q is pushed under the edge or proj-ection of the base f as far as the screw-ends l, of the clamps rm, will permit, when rest-ing in the notches k.

S, a horizontal wedge-bar of wood. 11a. :ed between the base f and the half cylinderd, pn vide lwith notches to receive the corresponding projections e, on the front of the half cylinder d.

. Operation. of the Invention.

By drawing the bar q forward, until it can be raised upward over the front projection of the base f, the clamps 'm can all be raised together; the sheets of tin In are placed on the half cylinder al, their ends being properly lapped for soldering the roll on the edge of thetin heilig placed to the rear, so that the 4shoulder ofthe hinge o will fit over it; the clamps m are then replaced, the bar q pushed under the projection ofthe base j, and the bars is driven in, as shown at the right-hand of tig. 2, in the drawing.

By driving the'bar s in, it operates as a wedge, and forces the half cylinder cl, upon which the sheets of tin are placed, against the clamps m, which hold the sheets of tilntirmly, and in a position that they may be easily and quickly soldered together upon the outside. rlhe shafts c enable the workman to turn the machine, as convenience requires. To prevent the seams from rusting upon the inside ofthe eaves-trough, I give them a coat of pitch or ashpaltnm.

Claim.

I claim, as my invention.- 

